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E-Bulletin 6 of 10
| Research and Resources | IDRC on Private Sector Development
Entrepreneurship can promote efficiency, create poverty-reducing jobs, and ease hardship. IDRC has long valued industry, trade, and commerce as engines of economic growth. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-119591-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Youth and Democracy in Brazil
A unique research initiative supported by IDRC is inspiring Brazilian youth to rise to the challenge of helping to shape their future. Watch the video. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-122496-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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West and Central Africa — Addressing New Challenges
From his office in Dakar, Senegal, IDRC West and Central Africa Regional Director Gilles Forget has seen some aspects of life — particularly relating to trade — become easier. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-122187-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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About WaDImena
This booklet describes the activities of the Regional Water Demand Initiative in the Middle East and North Africa (WaDImena). | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-120453-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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| Feature articles | The Daughter Deficit — Exploring Declining Sex Ratios in India
In a "normal world," the female population equals or slightly surpasses the number of males. Except in India, that is, where the situation is just the opposite, where the gender ratio — or the number of females to males — is known to be among the most imbalanced in the world. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-120929-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Informing and Involving Farmers in Benin
A grassroots action-research project in rural Benin is aiming to reduce farmers' vulnerability to climate change and improve food security. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-118957-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Community Approaches to Coping with the Traumas of Violent Conflict
So far, community approaches to coping with trauma have received little attention, but an emerging field has been questioning psychological approaches that examine trauma and the consequences of violent conflict only at an individual level. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-122220-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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| News | IDRC Hosts Afghan Women Parliamentarians
On March 7, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, IDRC, with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, hosted a discussion with a group of Afghan women parliamentarians. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-122406-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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International EcoHealth Forum 2008
From December 1 to 5, 2008, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from around the globe will gather in Merida, Mexico, for the International EcoHealth Forum under the theme "EcoHealth: Healthy Environments, Healthy People." | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-115206-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Appointment to IDRC's Board of Governors
The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, has announced the appointment of Frieda Granot to IDRC’s Board of Governors. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-106615-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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In Memoriam: Winnie Makumbi
It is with great sadness that the staff of IDRC convey their condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Winnie Makumbi upon her sudden death on March 4, 2008. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-122159-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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